北韓試射飛彈危機繼續延燒，由於中國無法讓北韓回到六國談判桌，美日則尋求在聯合國安理會出面，北韓指控南韓成為美國的應聲蟲，停止本來定期的兩韓內閣層級對話。北韓還放話說，發展核武是為了保衛南韓的安全，並且要求南韓盡速運送五十萬噸白米、鞋、衣服等。南韓政府對此大感吃驚。南韓統一部長說，我們曾經請求你們(指北韓)來保護南韓的安全嗎？南韓沒有人會相信你們的飛彈試射是為了幫助我們。如果你們真要協助我們的安全，就應該馬上停止飛彈及核武計畫。
(吃人夠夠？南韓新政府就是以與北韓和解起家的，在國際上一直倡議應該援助北韓，與北韓合作，現在真是熱臉貼泠屁股了！)
Korean talks collapse, with North rejecting demands
By Choe Sang-Hun International Herald Tribune
Published: July 13, 2006
High-level talks between South and North Korea collapsed in acrimony Thursday, as the North rejected South Korean demands for an end to missile tests and a return to negotiations on the North’s nuclear program, and countered with a demand for more economic aid.
The failure, which ended the inter- Korean cabinet-level talks a day ahead of schedule, came as China appeared to have made little headway in its own efforts to get the North Koreans to the negotiating table and the United States and Japan called for the United Nations Security Council to act.
As it left the talks held in the South Korean city of Busan, the North Korean delegation accused the South of ”parroting” American positions and warned that the South should be held responsible for ”unpredictable, catastrophic consequences in inter-Korean relations.”
South Korea had criticized the launching of North Korean missiles last week, which prompted calls, notably from Japan, for tough UN sanctions. Seoul urged the North to defuse tensions by returning to six-nation talks on ending its nuclear weapons and missile programs.
The North dismissed the South Korean statements. Instead, the North argued that its ”army-first” policy of increasing its military capabilities ”promotes the security for the South and benefits the general public of the South.”
North Korea then asked the South to provide 500,000 tons of rice in food aid, as well as raw materials for shoes and textiles.
Seoul said that discussions of food aid were out of the question.
”Nobody in the South believes your army-first politics is helping us,” the South Korean unification minister, Lee Jong Seok, the chief South Korean delegate, was quoted as telling his North Korean counterpart, Kwon Ho Ung, on Wednesday. ”If you want to help our security, you should stop missile tests and your nuclear weapons program.”
Warren Hoge of The New York Times at the United Nations and Joseph Kahn of The New York Times in Beijing contributed reporting for this article.
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